Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, and more than half of the imperial court's tax revenue comes from here.

Therefore, when the disaster was first discovered, the king of Chu attached great importance to this matter and sent people to open the granary to distribute the disaster silver, but the strange thing is that the disaster situation does not seem to be getting better, but is getting more and more serious.

The small vendor looked disdainful and snorted coldly, "It's just talking, anyway, the money went to the corrupt officials, and the people didn't get a penny." ”

Xie Yutang still wanted to ask him something, but the small vendor was afraid of causing trouble, and he was reluctant to say more.

Ji Wan held the chestnut, and her mood became heavy, "Let's go outside the city and take a look, the disaster there should be more serious." ”

"Let's go again tomorrow, I said I'd accompany you this afternoon." To Chi Wan's surprise, Xie Yutang, who has always been business-oriented, actually refused.

He also has his own considerations, if what the hawker said is true, then there must be a large number of people in Jiangnan who have been forced by the flood, and they can't see it in the city, so they must be stopped outside the city.

Now I don't know how chaotic it is outside the city, take Chi Wan out, what if there is any danger? Or tomorrow he will take someone to find out the situation.

"When you go back tomorrow, I'm afraid you'll see something different." Chi Wan shook her head, although she hoped that Xie Yutang would be able to maintain her glory, she also hoped that she could help the victims as soon as possible. To delay one day is to make the people suffer one more day.

Xie Yutang knew that what she said made sense, and after thinking about it for a while, he agreed.

The situation outside the city was even worse, for everywhere they went, the people were starving, yellow-skinned, and many had nowhere to go but to sleep in the wilderness.

Chi Wan's heart was extremely shocked and angry, this is still the richest city in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people in those remote villages don't know how miserable it is.

"What did these officials in Jiangnan do? It's been two months. Xie Yutang clenched his fists in anger.

"I'm afraid it's just like the chestnut seller said, they're all busy making money." Ji Wan's voice was cold, as if she could drop the ice ballast.

The imperial court has distributed a large amount of silver, but the people are still poorly clothed and hungry, so it can be seen that the silver has not reached the hands of the people.

When they went back with a heavy heart, they received an invitation from Governor Hu, saying that they had prepared a reception banquet for them.

The reception banquet was naturally extremely grand, placed in the largest local restaurant, all the officials of all sizes arrived, the table was full of delicacies, and the singers were invited to help the fun.

"General, the banquet is a little shabby, and I hope you don't mind." Hu Zhifu poured a glass of wine with a smile on his face, "The journey has been tiring, and the general has worked hard." ”

Under the staggering, Xie Yutang's face became more and more ugly, and he snorted coldly, "If this is still called simple, then what I used to eat can't even be called coarse tea and light rice." ”

As soon as Governor Hu heard this, he knew that something was wrong, and Xie Yutang immediately reprimanded, "How can you have the face to eat, drink and have fun here, the people outside the city are about to starve to death!" ”

A question pointed straight to the heart, and Governor Hu wiped the sweat on his head, "It's all the fault of the lower officials, everyone thinks that you have come all the way and have to be treated." ”

The other officials also put down their wine glasses tremblingly, and Xie Yutang didn't do anything to them, but simply reprimanded them. Now is the time to employ people, they have been officials in Jiangnan for many years, and they are most familiar with the local scene, and there are places where they can be used.

In the following time, he took officials of all sizes around to survey the terrain and rescue the victims, and Chi Wan sometimes did not see him for several days in a row.

But what they didn't know was that a rumor quietly spread in the capital: the general went to Jiangnan but only took his wife to eat, drink and have fun, completely ignoring the lives of the victims!

It was night, the candle flame was swaying slightly, and there were several secret letters sent by spies spread out in front of her, and Chi Wan had carefully read each one, at first she was angry and wanted to kill, but now she was quietly calm. At this point, she couldn't be impulsive, because impulsiveness wouldn't solve anything.

He visited the flood scene every day to investigate, braved the torrential rain several times to evacuate the victims, and even Xie Yutang, who was unwilling to rest even when he had a cold, ended up like this.

Words such as "pampered and arrogant, domineering and arrogant" are actually the people's evaluation of Xie Yutang.

She felt worthless for Xie Yutang, and even wanted to persuade him to go to Zhishi immediately. But reason told her that Xie Yutang would never leave King Chu alone like this.

Ji Wan reached out to support her forehead, feeling a deep exhaustion.

It was late at night, and Chi Wanwu sat in the bedroom for a long time, but Xie Yutang still didn't come back. She knew he was still in his study, looking at the topography of the flooded area, trying to figure out the best solution.

Ji Wan endured the sleepiness and got up to call someone.

If you don't rest, the sky is about to dawn, and Xie Yutang hasn't slept well for a few days, if it goes on like this, how can the body hold on, and it's not iron.

In the study, Xie Yutang was seriously looking at the official document in his hand, with a cup of strong tea in his hand, but the tea was already cold. He didn't care so much, he took a sip of it, his mouth was bitter, and with this spirit, he got up and looked for other official documents.

At this moment, there was a sudden blackness in front of him, and a sense of dizziness swept over, Xie Yutang hurriedly held down the desktop and stabilized his body in time, so as not to fall to the ground.

When Chi Wan pushed the door in, she saw this scene, she was in a hurry, walked over quickly, helped Xie Yutang, and looked him up and down, "What's wrong with you?" ”

When Xie Yutang saw her, a touch of softness flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand indifferently, "It's okay, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

Chi Wan helped him sit down, her brows furrowed, "You also know it's so late, so what are you still doing here?" Hurry up and come with me to rest, you haven't recovered from the cold, if you continue like this, something will happen. ”

Chi Wan, who had never spoken out loud, spoke in an unprecedentedly stern tone, Xie Yutang raised his eyebrows differently, thinking that Chi Wan was unwell, and couldn't help but care, "Wanwan, what's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?" ”

"It's you who is uncomfortable!" Chi Wan glared at him with hatred, this person was full of eyes and only the world, the king of Chu, but there was no himself.

Xie Yutang smiled gently, "It's okay, I'm already fine, didn't the doctor say everything, eat ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, Chi Wan coldly interrupted him, "What the doctor said is that you can get out of bed, but you still want to pay attention to your body and don't stay up late, you went out in the heavy rain today, right?" ”

Xie Yutang knew that he was wrong, and he wanted to look away from him uncomfortably, but Chi Wan didn't allow him to divert the topic, staring at him with straight eyes, and had to force him to answer positively.

Helpless, Xie Yutang had no choice but to say, "No way, if I don't hurry up and find a way, then the people in the south of the Yangtze River will all suffer from the flood, and now we can say that we are grabbing time under God's nose, and we can't afford to delay." Besides, my body is not so weak, so many years of battlefield have passed, where a small wind chill can be defeated. ”

Chi Wan listened to his slightly hoarse voice, she was distressed, but she couldn't bear to blame him anymore, and after a long time, she sighed in compromise, "What do you want to see, I'll find it for you." ”

Xie Yutang said the name of an official document, and Chi Wan flipped through it, found it and handed it to him.

Once Xie Yutang entered the busy mode, he rarely paid attention to the outside world, and Chi Wan stood beside him for a while, and saw him covering his mouth and coughing more than ten times, and her voice was uncomfortable to listen to.

She looked at Xie Yutang in a daze for a while, as if she had thought of something, and went out lightly.

Xie Yutang didn't care, when Chi Wan came in again, she was holding a bowl of steaming scallion oil noodles in her hand, and there was a lot of meat sprinkled on it, which made people very appetizing when they looked at it.

"Wanwan, thank you." Xie Yutang's eyes crossed with a touch of emotion, or his grace cared about him.

Chi Wan was expressionless, and pushed the noodles over, "Eat, I heard your stomach screaming, after eating and drinking the medicine, I'll go out and fry it for you first." ”

"No need, let a maid do it, you don't have to be busy, it's so late, hurry up and rest." Xie Yutang couldn't bear to see Chi Wan suffer with him.

He said that he just wanted her to live happily, not let her continue to live as hard as before.

But he still broke his promise, he was very busy and didn't have much time to spend with Chi Wan, so strictly speaking, Chi Wan was not very happy.

Xie Yutang felt a trace of guilt in his heart, and his tone was even more gentle.

Chi Wan glanced at him, "No, I'll go, you eat yours first, don't talk so much nonsense." With that, he closed the door and went out.

Xie Yutang finished the scallion oil noodles in three or two bites, and the warm noodles warmed his heart.

It was not until Yin Shi that Xie Yutang lay down to rest, and after sleeping for less than two hours, someone outside came to him to report the matter, and Chi Wan wanted to cover the mouths of those people and let Xie Yutang have a good sleep.

"Do you want to go out today?"

While getting dressed, Xie Yutang replied to Chi Wan, "I want to go, there is a bend, the terrain is very steep, I have to take someone to see if I can open up here." ”

"But your illness ......"

"Ahem, it's okay, it's fine, don't worry, I'll take care of myself."

Xie Yutang got dressed and hurriedly went out, Chi Wan didn't feel sleepy, and got up closely, just in time to see Xie Yutang holding steamed buns in his hands, walking and talking with several officials in charge of water conservancy.

Finally ate the meal, Chi Wan opened her mouth and stomped her foot angrily.

This person always doesn't take what he says to heart, and it's good to worry about the people, but he also has to take care of his own body.

Xie Yutang was busy all day, and when he came back at night, he was drenched all over, Chi Wan had already asked people to prepare hot water, and pushed him into the back room as soon as he saw Xie Yutang come back.